| Stephen Gran on 2 Aug 2006 22:50:17 -0000 |
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On Wed, Aug 02, 2006 at 05:16:54PM -0400, George Gallen said: > I have so far, matched up that all entries in the group file are in the gshadow file, > and that the same persons and order of persons are the same. > > Two questions. > > 1. does the gshadow need to be in the same order as the group file > 2. do both files need to be in GID order? (and the same for passwd) No to both questions. Some background to your problems may be helpful. I don't know how much you know about programming, so I will attempt to simplify as much as I can. A group entry is returned as something like a record (a struct in c, if that helps) with entries for name, password (yes groups can have passwords - that's what gshadow is for), group number, and a reference to a list of members of that group. Most programs iterate over the available records to decide things about groups, like granting access or whatever it is that needs to be done. The important thing is that the name and number of each record really should be unique. If they are not, you will run into problems. I have to assume you have two or more overlapping entries in your group file, or a second way to look up groups that has overlaps. Order does not matter, as the order that the records are returned is not guaranteed. Check for duplicates. Run getent group (returns the records one per line) - see if it has entries not in your group file. Good luck, -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Stephen Gran | Think lucky. If you fall in a pond, | | steve@lobefin.net | check your pockets for fish. -- | | http://www.lobefin.net/~steve | Darrell Royal | -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Attachment:
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